The landscape of Séguénéga in Burkina Faso, a commune in the north of the west African country, is suffering considerable environmental damage because of a massive increase in gold mining: The miners: The mining managers choose men to dig. Each bag of stones the men dig up is theirs to keep, but they have to … Continue reading
Author Archives: Justin
India’s Nameri National Park
Picturesque Nameri National Park was not officially established until November of 1998 (although it began to receive some degree of protection as early as 1978). Access to Nameri is from Potasali, 2km off the Tezpur-Bhalukpong road. So, in other words, it is on the border of Assam and Arunachal Pradesh… According to the government of … Continue reading
Photos Of The Day: Kudzanai Chiurai
The name of this series is Dying to be Men and it is intended to parody the aesthetics of propaganda and political representation. I wanted to look at the way government roles are essentially exaggerated personas. – Kudzanai Chiurai Born in 1981 in Zimbabwe, Kudzanai Chiurai is an internationally acclaimed young artist now living and … Continue reading
The Heads Up Display (HUDS)
Remember Top Gun? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6E-fQ57U8qY I’ve always been curious how those displays worked. Were they splashed across the windshield? If so, what projected the image up there and where was the projector located? How did it work? Well, the answer was finally presented to me in a post Michael Yon did on air crews in Afghanistan… … Continue reading
Paintings Of The Day: Brutal Buddhist Art
Think Buddhism is all about peace, love, flowers and meditation? Think again. Check out this sample of paintings I photographed inside various Buddhist temples in India: Continue reading
Photos Of The Day: Dueling Umbrellas In Damascus
I was amused by the fact that during a heavy rainstorm in Damascus, these kids chose to play with their umbrellas rather than use them to protect against the rain: Continue reading
How To Get Permission To Visit The South Of Lebanon
As my Italian and I discovered the hard way after being turned back from a number of roadblocks, one must have permission from the Lebanese government to visit certain regions in the south of Lebanon. After some confusion with soldiers that did not speak English, we were informed that official permission can only be obtained … Continue reading
The Velvet Rocket 